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In Loving Memory of
BAMBI WESTERHOLD
3-1-1990-to-10-5-1998

Bambi was my best friend, and always will be. She was a purebred Collie, we got her at the age of 2 months. She grew very quickly, and had a good life. We all loved her, she was my 5th birthday present. She saw me through, Kindergarten through seventh grade. We had good and bad times. She got stolen from our backyard one time, we found her three days later, in an icy river. She lived! She had a heart condition, and would need medication for the rest of her life. But who cares as long as I could still share my life with her. We always celebrated our birthdays together. So when I turned 11 she got a diagnosis of an extremely fast acting bone cancer found in her left hind leg. She needed it amputated we put her through it, and she came out of surgery with flying colors. She lived up until that October, I woke up one morning, I was 12 years old, she couldn't breathe very well at all. I ran inside to tell my mom, she called my dad at work. I didn't go to school that day, because when we got to the vet, the hardest thing I ever did in my entire life was tell my mom it was ok to sign the paper to put her down. I remember my last words to her were, "I'll see you in heaven real soon girl, you're going to take a little nap now, but you won't have to be in pain anymore. I'll always love you no matter what happens." So through the tears I kissed her one last time and I left the room and my mom was sobbing my little brother 9 at the time was to confused to know what happened.

I still think about our good times like our walks and the tricks she knew like hug, pray, kiss, shake hands was her favorite. When we gave her a treat in her dog food bowl she would eat the treats (like the gainsburger mix) and go around the dog food. Just before she went home, we made a little slab out back with our hand prints and her paw print. I'd always go out there to sit and talk to her. Either that or if the weather was bad I'd just stare out my window wondering if maybe she lived and I was waiting for the phone to ring and and the vet would tell me to come pick her up because she was still alive. But it didn't. I miss her so much and am crying at this moment, I feel like she is here hugging me, and I know God wants it this way. She lives on in my puppy, now that I have named Scooby Doo. I still dream of her every night. She is Jesus's new best friend because he never had friend, but I gave him mine. I don't want her back, I just share her. I LOVE YOU BAMBI!!!!!!!!!!!

Jay

Linda

Adam

Amber

and

Scooby Doo Westerhold

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE
I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

THROUGH ETERNITY
(POSTED 3-1-2002)